SP, five other cops injured in Mathura violence

Superintendent of Police of Mathura, along with five other policemen, were injured as violence erupted during an operation to clear hundreds of acres of government land from the activists of a religious group ‘Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi’ on Thursday. The police had to use tear gas to deal with the violent satyagrahis in the Jawahar Bagh area here. 

The injured policemen included SP (City) of Mathura and SHO of the local police station, police sources said. There was rumor that the SHO had died in the clash. However, there has been no confirmation in this regard.

Two years ago, the activists of splinter group of Baba Jai Gurudeo, claiming themselves to be member of ‘Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi’, had occupied hundreds of acres of land of Jawahar Bagh on the pretext of a ‘dharna’ .

Their demands included cancellation of election of President and Prime Minister of India, replacement of existing currency with ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ currency, sale of diesel at the rate of 60 litres for one Rupee and petrol at the rate of 40 litres for Re 1.